Wrong. You've obviously heard of Lightning but what about potential for Drivechains or any other advancements that will allow for scaling.
you quoted but i don't think you quoted enough...here's the rest of the sentence:
It's when Bitcoin's fees get up to $100+ on the low side that the party ends for the little guys and the only way to interact...
and your response is "potential" improvements from 2019 that are still in draft form. LN is more realistic than these Drivechains.
Wrong. The whole point of the UASF was to show that users (nodes) are the ones in control of Bitcoin and not miners/exchanges.
BIP 148 (for example) was code added to nodes that was activated by miners running the updated software. i happen to think that users do have a say on the Bitcoin network, but this ain't it. nodes are not users.
Believe this at your own peril.
i think 
RE: Deflationary economics create old money; old money creates dynasties.